ASE opening: Decline

    Equity prices were declining at the opening of trade on Thursday on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), with the basic share price index down 0.47 percent, standing at 1,560.41 points at 11:15 am, and turnover at 21.367 million euros.

    Individual sector indices were moving mostly downward, with the biggest gains in Public Utilities, up 3.26 percent; Commerce, up 2.81
percent; and Chemicals, up 2.39 percent.

    The biggest losses were in Mass Media, down 1.44 percent; and Travel & Recreation, down 1.09 percent.

    The FTSE/ASE 20 index for blue chip and heavily traded stocks was down 0.59 percent, the FTSE/ASE MID 40 index was down 0.38 percent, and the FTSE/ASE-80 small cap index was down 0.10 percent.

    Of the stocks traded, 41 were up, 38 were down, and 17 were unchanged.



source: ANA-MPA